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International Notes. 014 Tt' Iii E 0 a 2 4 J J D0008ENTRiSUPE ED 055 869 SE 012 513 TITLE Family Planning Evaluation. Abortion Surveillance Report--Legal Abortions, United States, Annual Summary, 1970. INSTITUTION Public Health Service (DREW), Atlanta, Ga. Center for Disease Control. PUB DATE 70 NOTE 49p. EDRS PRICE 11F-$0.65 HC-$3.29 DESCRIPTORS *Abortions; Family Planning; Graphs; Medical Services; *Pregnancy; *Reports; State Legislation; *State Surveys; *Statistical Data; Tables (Data) ABSTRACT This report summarizes abortion informationreceived by the Center for Disease Control fromcollaborators in state health departments, hospitals, and other pertinent sources. Whileit is intended primarily for use by the above sources, it mayalso interest those responsible for family planning evaluationand hospital abortion planning. Information in narrative andstatistical form delineates the status of abortion reporting systems in the16 states that passed new abortion laws between January 1,1967 and December 318 19708 reported legal abortions, abortion ratios,demographic characteristics of the population of women who receivedlegal abortions, reasons for which legal abortions are performed,and procedures used to perform abortions. Four specialstudies on abortioa are highlighted: Joint Program for the Studyof Abortion; The Practice of Legal Abortion - New York City; Decreasein Septic Abortion Morbidity in a Municipal Hospital - LosAngeles, California; and Hospital Study of Abortion Services. A shorthistory of abortion law changes in the United States prior to 1970is presented, along with a more thorough review of legislative and judicialchanges affecting American abortion laws during 1970. Changesin the abortion laws and practices of Canada and Finland aredetailed under International Notes. 014 tt' iii e 0 A 2 4 J J Uil > CC H D (i) 026in , 02E-0 2 : "Oowri I. oil' U. 0 .141 tc za vcM014° I: IIIA-swq4>t%ow cc iquilAoi.u.ao 0 1, yluz>4'0I. va411.0 co zoo4000z.lm welecto 50 4 lo. 01.0yz h.oz!ix;010 1- (42grulut002 00t 0.34Z ,uJt4 cli atOgea2 000° im w OW".-40, 0.- lt3 0 zDx ul 1.m.E.c1a 60(13 Els VP3 ...1011M1/411......W41161a 11==01, 1111~.- 111-11 BC I I 1 PREFACE This report summarizes information received from collaborators in state health departments, hospitals, and other pertinent sources. It is intended primarily for their use, but may be of interest to others with responsibility for family planning evaluation and hospital abortion planning. Contributions to this report are most welcome. Please Address: Center for Disease Control Attn: Chief, Family Planning Evaluation Activity Epidemiology Program Atlanta, Georgia 30333 Center for Disease Control David J. Sencer, M.D., Director Epidemiology Program Philip S. Brachman, M.D., Director Family Planning Evaluation Activity. Carl W. Tyler, Jr., M.D., Chief Judith P. Bourne, R.N., M.S. James B. Kahn, M.D. S. Beach Conger, M.D. Jack C. Smith, M.S., Statistician U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SDRVICE1 HEALTH SERVICES AND MOTAL HFALTH ADMINISTRATION CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL EPIDEMIOLOGY PROGRAM, FAMILY PLANNING EVALUATION ACTIVITY ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30333 I. SUMMARY In 1970, more than 180,000 legal abortions were performed in the United States and reported to the Center for Disease Control from 19 states and the District of Columbia. Abortion practices in the United States vary widely, in part because of variations in state abortion laws. Twenty-eight states restrict legal abortions to situations where it is necessary to preserve the pregnant woman's life, while four states allow abortion on the decision of a pregnant woman and her physician. Eighteen other states and the District of Columbia allow abortions under a variety of legally specified or restricted conditions. New York is the only state among those with the least restrictive abortion laws which permits abortions for non-resident women. Between July 1, the date the New York law went into effect, and the end of the year, New York reported the nation's highest abortion to live-birth ratio, 534 abortions per 1,000 live births.More than 36,000 non-resident women received abortions in New York during those 6 months. Although the largest number of abortions, reported by age, were obtained by women age 15-24, pregnant women who were either less than 15 or older than 40 had the highest ratios ofabortions per 1,000 live births. Two-thirds of the abortions reported by marital status were performed on unmarried women. Nearly half of the abortions reported by parity were performed on women who had no living children. Four of six states which reported legal abortions by race had higher abortion ratios for white than for black women. Two-thirds of the abortions were performed by the end of the 12th week of gestation; 97.5 percent were performed by the end of the 20th week. In seven states which reported type of operative procedure used, 76 percent of the abortions were performed by either suction or sharp curettage. Reports of several special studies on abortion are included. One of the most important of these is a preliminary report based on data collected by the Joint Program for the Study of Abortion on early complications of legally performed abortions. Results showed a one percent incidence of major complications. Three of the studies dealt with abortion practices in New York City. Between July 1 and December 31, 1970, a total of 68,995 legal abortions were reported to the New York City Health Department. Analysis of those abortions by type of facility they were performed in showed that women cared for in publicly financed facilities tended to have abortions later in pregnancy and more often by a non-DO method than women who were served as private patients. In New York City fewer deaths from illegal abortion were reported after the new law went into effect thanin the previous 6 months. Eight deaths associated with legal abortion were reported between July 1 and December 31. Estimated legal abortion mortality rates in New York City were higher for black and Puerto Rican women than for white women. The estimated mortality rate for abortions performed after the 12th week of pregnancy was three times as great as the rate for abortions performed earlier in gestation. The overall death 1 rate for legal abortion in New York City was 11.6 per 100,000 abortions during the first 6 months. Investigation of the death of one out-of-state woman after a New York City abortion led to the discovery of six uterine perforations resulting from aspiration abortions performed by one physician. Gestation of greater than 12 weeks at time of abortion was found to be the factor most closely associated with incidence of this complication. During the time period 1966-1970 admissions for treatment of septic, non-hospital induced abortions at one California hospital decreased by more than 50 percent while the number of legal induced abortions at that hospital rose from two to more than 3,000 per year. A short history of abortion law changes in the United States prior to 1970 is presented, along with a more thorough review of legislative and judicial changes affecting American abortion laws during 1970. Changes in the abortion laws and practices of Canada and Finland are detailed under International Notes. 2 II. INTRODUCTICN In 1969, four of the nine states with recently changed abortion laws reported 12,417 legal abortions to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). By contrast, in 1970 more than 180,000 abortions were reported from 19 states and the District of Columbia. In the year intervening these two reports, the United States has had unprecedented change in laws and practices related to legal abortion. III. STATUS OF REPORTING As of December 31, 1970, statewide abortion reporting systems were in effect in 14 states. Table 1 summarizes the status of abortion reporting in the 16 states that passed new abortion laws between January 1, 1967, and December 31, 1970. This table identifies the source of abortion data for each state and the frequency with which each state compiles statistics on legal abortion. Arkansas and New Mexico were the only two of the 16 states without a statewide abortion reporting system in effect in 1970. Many of the new abortion laws enacted since 1967 require records to be filed with the state health department within a specified time after an abortion is performed; these records are the primary source of abortion data in those states. Five other states currently take their abortion data from fetal death certificates. Unfortunately, fetal death certificates do not always provide all the data appropriate for induced abortion. Moreover, fetal death certificates are not available as a source of abortion data in states where reporting of fetal deaths-is not required, unless it occurs after the 16th week of gestation. Several other states are now in the process of developing an abortion reperting system, although in rany areas of the country individual hospitals remain the only source of accurate information on legal abortion. 3 Table 1 ABORTION REPORTING STATES WITH ABORTION LAWS ENACTED SINCE JANUARY 1, 1967 DECEMBER 31, 1970 Source of Data en "O c 'E c C > 0 cs).1:17,-, E :E.r, 0 ..-:. c to.,.., ,c . ...... State c 0 c . ;,-.a. -E G., 7.4 4, :a -0.1; >.IA 473 ',.. 2 k 8': coE cr E CI :5 2 o.Ct I I et li, 't CO 0 CD CP f. 0 5,.. u: 8 "a c 41 cac'Ins0 6' u. u 0 zcn Alaska Eli-Monthly V Arkansas V California Quarterly VI Colorado Monthly V Delaware Annually V Georgia Monthly V Hawaii Monthly V V2 Kansas Annually V Maryland Quarterly V New Mexico V New York City3 Weekly V V V Upstate New York Monthly V North Carolina Annually V4 Oregon MontZily V South Carolina Monthly V Virginia Monthly Washington Monthly V 1.
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